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  • Actis' $4.7bn renewable energy fund exceeds target by $700m

    14 October 2021

    Actis has completed fundraising for its renewable energy fund, Actis Energy 5 (AE5), exceeding its $4 billion target by $700 million.

  • Digital infrastructure among the most impactful sectors - Actis

    03 November 2020

    Digital infrastructure, including data centres and broadband networks, is one of the sectors with the greatest potential for positive social impact, according to Actis.

  • ISS ESG creates impact rating system

    05 May 2020

    ISS ESG has devised a system by which it will rate companies' management of their positive and negative contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Impact markets 'littered with examples of mismanagement of social issues'

    28 February 2020

    Impact investors should step up efforts to measure and manage their negative impact, particularly on social issues, according to Actis.

  • Actis raises $1.2bn for energy infrastructure fund

    15 August 2019

    Actis has raised $1.2 billion for a fund that will invest in energy infrastructure, including solar and wind power generation assets.

  • Actis creates ‘industry first’ impact measurement framework

    15 April 2019

    Emerging markets investor Actis has launched a framework to help limited partner investors compare the impact of their investments across different sectors and geographies, in what it claims is a first for private equity.

  • People Moves: Deka Investment, RCG, E3G and Actis

    12 April 2019

    Deka Investment, a subsidiary of German DekaBank with €282.9 billion (€320 billion) assets under management, has appointed Ingo Speich as head of sustainability and corporate governance.

  • Actis readies open-source SDG assessment tool

    02 August 2018

    Emerging markets investor Actis plans to introduce an open-source framework for assessing the contribution of its portfolio companies with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Lekela seals financial close of Senegal’s first utility-scale wind farm

    30 July 2018

    Renewables platform Lekela Power has reached financial close for the first ever utility-scale wind project in Senegal.

  • Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

    13 June 2018

    DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.